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Jozifkova, Eva. "Sexual Arousal by Dominance and Submission Represents Mating Strategy." Journal of Sexual Medicine 14, no. 5 (2017): e273-e274. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jsxm.2017.04.323.
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Sun, Chyng Feng, Paul Wright, and Nicola Steffen. "German Heterosexual Women’s Pornography Consumption and Sexual Behavior." Sexualization, Media, & Society 3, no. 1 (2017): 237462381769811. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2374623817698113.
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This study found that German heterosexual women’s personal and partnered consumption of pornography were positively correlated with their desire to engage in or having previously engaged in submissive (but not dominant) sexual behaviors such as having their hair pulled, having their face ejaculated on, being spanked, choked, called names, slapped, and gagged. The association between women’s partnered pornography consumption and submissive sexual behavior was strongest for women whose first exposure to pornography was at a young age. The findings also indicated that women’s personal and partnered pornography consumption were uniquely related to their engagement in submissive sexual behavior. Public Health Significance Statement: This study suggests that greater exposure to pornography among heterosexual German women is associated with their desire to engage in or having previously engaged in submissive sexual behaviors but not dominant behaviors. This pattern of correlations aligns with sexual script theory and content analyses of dominance and submission and gender in pornography. It does not align with the perspective that measures of pornography consumption are simply proxies for factors such as a high sex drive or an adventurous approach to sex.
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Henderson-Espinoza, Robyn. "Decolonial Erotics: Power Bottoms, Topping from Bottom Space, and the Emergence of a Queer Sexual Theology." Feminist Theology 26, no. 3 (2018): 286–96. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0966735018756255.
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Indecent Theology has provided both Feminist Theology and Liberation Theology with new contours for rethinking bodies, power, dominance, and submission. With regard to the logic of dominance that radically pushes the margins of the margins into a form of inexistent living, I suggest a material turn to rethink the contours that are evoked with Indecent Theology. Materialism has long stood as a philosophy opposing the overwhelming dominance of language and the poststructuralist emphasis that has emerged as the ‘linguistic turn’. Considering ‘new materialism’ as a theoretical platform to reread Indecent Theology provides theologies and ethics an opportunity to re-imagine indecent methodologies through indecency, a sort of ethical perversion. I suggest an indecent turn in mobilizing materialism and kink as theories to reread indecent theology for a productive queer materialist sexual theology. The feminist liberation theology of Marcella Althaus-Reid pushes both feminism and liberation into new contours of power and submission and initiates new contours of queer sexuality into the discourse. When analysing Althaus-Reid’s work, we are brought to attention to the margins of the margins, an awareness of the struggle for power and control by those deemed less than. There are contours of power at and in the margins of the margins, those who occupy ‘bottom space’. From a kink/BDSM orientation, I propose to reread Alrhaus-Read’s feminist liberation theology as decolonial erotics that helps to generate a productive materialist queer sexuality. The overarching methodology of this article is a quasi-auto ethnographic investigation into the ways in which the contours of race, class, gender, sex, sexuality, and ability affect power and submission and in turn reframes both queer theology and queer sexuality that is rooted in the living out of a very particular theology and ethics, which is rooted in queer relating. Theology can neither materialize in a vacuum nor in isolation. An indecent turn to(wards) a queer sexual theology that is rooted in a queer relationality demands attention to the interdependence of queer relating that is materialized through the interdependency of the growing queer desires of bodies, power, dominance, and submission.
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Gemberling, Tess, Robert Cramer, and Rowland Miller. "BDSM as sexual orientation: A comparison to lesbian, gay, and bisexual sexuality." Journal of Positive Sexuality 1, no. 3 (2015): 56–62. http://dx.doi.org/10.51681/1.133.
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One less common and more stigmatized form of sexuality is BDSM, which is an umbrella term for consensual practices that involve, but are not limited to, bondage and discipline (B&D), dominance and submission (D&s), and sadomasochism (S&M). Focusing on one of many different conceptualizations, BDSM is comprised of a power dynamic between partners enacted through various activities (for an inclusive list, see Sandnabba et al., 1999; Weinberg et al., 1984). However, beyond being recently accepted as nonpathological, research has yet to reach consensus on BDSM’s nature and development. Specifically, although theories describing its origin abound, it remains unclear whether BDSM is best conceptualized as a sexual behavior, sexual attraction, sexual identity, and/or sexual orientation for those who practice for sexual purposes. Accordingly, the present paper outlines a common framework of sexuality while presenting an alternative yet complementary theory: Consistent with a sex-positive framework, BDSM may be best conceptualized as another form of sexual orientation for a percentage of practitioners.
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Goncharenko, Elena V., Dmitry V. Bannikov, Zurab Yа Mikvabiya, et al. "CRIMINOLOGICAL, PSYCHOLOGICAL AND ETHOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF DOMINANT-SUBORDINATE RELATIONS IN THE ‟AGGRESSOR-VICTIM” DYAD." Vestnik of Kostroma State University 29, no. 3 (2023): 251–56. http://dx.doi.org/10.34216/1998-0817-2023-29-3-251-256.
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The investigation of sexual crimes against minor children is the most complicated and responsible work of the investigation. Children who have been involved in criminal acts experience severe stress and mental shock, suffer from borderline personality disorders and even worse mental disorders. Without professional social and medical care, in adolescence and adulthood the depression, neurosis, self-blame, anxiety and guilt they experience are aggravated. It is not uncommon that they lock themselves in, try to hide information because they are afraid of publicity. Working with victims requires empathy, understanding and empathy for their difficult life situation. Sexual abuse of a child includes many criminogenic, social and psychological factors that form the picture of the crime. Learned helplessness and submission appear in disharmonious child-parent relationships and can form the victim’s subordinating behaviour towards the molester. The authors give a description and mechanisms of the emergence of the behavioural pattern ‟submission – dominance”. The aspects of pathological socio-psychological relations from the side of ethology, psychology and criminology are analysed. They give examples from their own practice on victimisation of minor children. The article may be of interest to psychologists, law enforcement and supervisory authorities, lawyers, medical psychologists and psychotherapists.
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Levine, Ethan Czuy. "Female-to-male to mistress: A layered account of layered performances." Sexualities 24, no. 1-2 (2020): 252–75. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1363460720931329.
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Professionals in bondage and discipline, dominance and submission, and sadism and masochism (BDSM) have received minimal attention in the literature on sex work. Moreover, investigations of performance in sex work have focused overwhelmingly on cisgender women professionals, and tended to emphasize laborer–client encounters within paid sessions while neglecting encounters among colleagues. In this article, I engage in sociological introspection to provide a layered autoethnographic account of dungeon labor. I draw upon 10 months’ experience as a White, Jewish, queer, transmasculine person who enacted a White, sometimes Jewish, queer, cisgender womanhood throughout workplace encounters. Analyses emphasize gendered and sexual normativities, racism and discourses of client “taste,” violence in the workplace, and tensions between dungeon laborers’ professional personas and sense of authenticity.
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Snyder-Hall, R. Claire. "Third-Wave Feminism and the Defense of “Choice”." Perspectives on Politics 8, no. 1 (2010): 255–61. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1537592709992842.
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How should feminist theorists respond when women who claim to be feminists make “choices” that seemingly prop up patriarchy, like posing for Playboy, eroticizing male dominance, or advocating wifely submission? This article argues that the conflict between the quest for gender equality and the desire for sexual pleasure has long been a challenge for feminism. In fact, the second-wave of the American feminist movement split over issues related to sexuality. Feminists found themselves on opposite sides of a series of contentious debates about issues such as pornography, sex work, and heterosexuality, with one side seeing evidence of gender oppression and the other opportunities for sexual pleasure and empowerment. Since the mid-1990s, however, a third wave of feminism has developed that seeks to reunite the ideals of gender equality and sexual freedom. Inclusive, pluralistic, and non-judgmental, third-wave feminism respects the right of women to decide for themselves how to negotiate the often contradictory desires for both gender equality and sexual pleasure. While this approach is sometimes caricatured as uncritically endorsing whatever a woman chooses to do as feminist, this essay argues that third-wave feminism actually exhibits not a thoughtless endorsement of “choice,” but rather a deep respect for pluralism and self-determination.
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Galoyan, Eduard A. "Unstable social structure indicates low diversity of relationships in the spotted forest skink Sphenomorphus maculatus." Amphibia-Reptilia 38, no. 3 (2017): 381–93. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/15685381-00003118.
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To the date, we hardly understand what and how affects the social structure in animals. Longevity and social stability must be the key factors influencing the relations among individuals. To test this suggestion, I described the spatial and social structures of the spotted forest skinks (Sphenomorphus maculatus) from southern Vietnam in the breeding seasons of 2008 and 2009. This species is known to have short lifespan and low social stability among seasons. No difference between male and female space use was revealed. Home ranges were 107.7 ± 23.68 m2 in males and 78.9 ± 27.27 m2 in females, and these contained core areas and activity centres within them. Home ranges and their parts overlapped among individuals of all sexes and were used by several residents, although not at the same time. Intrasexual and intersexual relationships were agonistic, more aggressive among males, and characterized by hierarchy with males as dominants and females as subordinates. Dominance status in males was supported by aggression in males and by submission in females. Females avoided sexual encounters, and no affiliation between sexes or mate guarding behaviour were revealed. A poor social behavioural repertoire was limited by aggressive and submissive behaviour, and it was difficult to distinguish sexual courtship from agonistic interactions. Hence, social and spatial structures were relatively simple in comparison with other saurian species and low stability of social composition is the most probable reason of such a social simplicity.
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Bowling, Jessamyn, Susan Wright, Casey Mesaeh, J. Kevin Benson, and Russell Stambaugh. "Ownership, Enjoyment, Arousal Troubles, and Robust Education: Pleasure in LGBTQ+ Alt-Sex Members’ Responses to Consent Violations." Sexes 3, no. 3 (2022): 434–44. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/sexes3030032.
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Background: Alt-sex practitioners are a diverse group with diverse unconventional sexual behaviors including consensual non-monogamy (CNM), kink, fetishism, and bondage/discipline dominance/submission, sadomasochism (BDSM). Perhaps because of their openness to non-normative sexuality, these communities often comprise a large proportion of lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, queer, among others (LGBTQ+) individuals. LGBTQ+ individuals experience higher rates of sexual violence and consent violation than their cisgender, heterosexual peers both inside and outside of formalized alt-sex communities. Pleasure, including but not limited to sexual pleasure, is often a motivator for engaging in sexual and alt-sex activities. This study examines how consent violations influence pleasure among LGBTQ+ alt-sex members. Methods: We conducted an electronic one-time survey of LGBTQ+ alt-sex practitioners (N = 1354). In this study, we analyze open-ended responses for ways pleasure was described in response to questions about consent violations. We use thematic analyses in Dedoose online software. Results: Two subthemes emerged related to the violation itself, (a) pleasure as a motivator for violating consent and (b) pleasure in spite of consent violation. As the second theme that emerged, pleasure was a component of the aftereffects of the violation in two ways: (1) pleasure was reduced or inhibited by consent violations; (2) pleasure was a motivator for healing and advocacy. Conclusions: We discuss practical and research implications based on the complex relationships between violations and pleasure reported by participants.
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Cafazzo, Simona, Martina Lazzaroni, and Sarah Marshall-Pescini. "Dominance relationships in a family pack of captive arctic wolves (Canis lupus arctos): the influence of competition for food, age and sex." PeerJ 4 (November 22, 2016): e2707. http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2707.
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BackgroundDominance is one of the most pervasive concepts in the study of wolf social behaviour but recently its validity has been questioned. For some authors, the bonds between members of wolf families are better described as parent-offspring relationships and the concept of dominance should be used just to evaluate the social dynamics of non-familial captive pack members (e.g., Mech & Cluff, 2010). However, there is a dearth of studies investigating dominance relationships and its correlates in wolf family packs.MethodsHere, we applied a combination of the most commonly used quantitative methods to evaluate the dominance relationships in a captive family pack of 19 Arctic wolves.ResultsWe found a significant linear and completely transitive hierarchy based on the direction of submissive behaviours and found that dominance relationships were not influenced by the competitive contexts (feeding vs. non-feeding context). A significant linear hierarchy also emerges amongst siblings once the breeding pair (the two top-ranking individuals) is removed from analyses. Furthermore, results suggest that wolves may use greeting behaviour as a formal signal of subordination. Whereas older wolves were mostly dominant over younger ones, no clear effect of sex was found. However, frequency of agonistic (submissive, dominant and aggressive) behaviours was higher between female–female and male–male dyads than female–male dyads and sex-separated linear hierarchies showed a stronger linearity than the mixed one. Furthermore, dominance status was conveyed through different behavioural categories during intra-sexual and inter-sexual interactions.DiscussionCurrent results highlight the importance of applying a systematic methodology considering the individuals’ age and sex when evaluating the hierarchical structure of a social group. Moreover, they confirm the validity of the concept of dominance relationships in describing the social bonds within a family pack of captive wolves.
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Dunkley, Cara R., and Lori A. Brotto. "The Role of Consent in the Context of BDSM." Sexual Abuse 32, no. 6 (2019): 657–78. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1079063219842847.
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Consent represents a central focus in the controversial realm of BDSM—an overlapping acronym referring to the practices of Bondage and Discipline, Dominance and Submission, and Sadism and Masochism. Many authors have argued that the hallmark feature that distinguishes BDSM activity from abuse and psychopathology is the presence of mutual informed consent of all those involved. This review examines the relevant literature on consent in BDSM, including discussions on safety precautions, consent violations, North American laws pertaining to BDSM practice, and the role of the BDSM community with respect to education and etiquette surrounding consent. Practical information relevant to professionals who work toward the prevention of sexual exploitation and abuse is provided. The explicit approach to consent practiced by those in the BDSM community is proposed as a model for discussions around consent in clinical and educational contexts. Criteria for distinguishing abuse from BDSM and identifying abuse within BDSM relationships are outlined. It is our hope to demystify the consent process and add to the growing body of literature that destigmatizes consensual BDSM practices.
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Richters, Juliet, Richard O. de Visser, Paul B. Badcock, et al. "Masturbation, paying for sex, and other sexual activities: the Second Australian Study of Health and Relationships." Sexual Health 11, no. 5 (2014): 461. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/sh14116.
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Background This study describes the prevalence of (solo) masturbation, paying for sex and a range of other sexual practices among Australians. Methods: A representative sample of 20 094 men and women aged 16–69 years (participation rate among eligible people, 66.2%) were recruited by landline and mobile phone random-digit dialling and computer-assisted telephone interviews in 2012–13. Results: Many respondents (men, 72%; women, 42%) had masturbated in the past year. Half (51%) of the men and 24% of women had masturbated in the past 4 weeks. In the past year, more than two-fifths of respondents (men, 63%; women, 20%) had looked at pornography in any medium. Approximately 15% of men and 21% of women had used a sex toy. Digital-anal stimulation with a partner was practised by 19% of men and 15% of women, and oral-anal stimulation by 7% of men and 4% of women. Sexual role playing or dressing up were engaged in by 7–8%. Online sex, swinging, group sex, BDSM (bondage and discipline, ‘sadomasochism’ or dominance and submission) and fisting (rectal or vaginal) were each engaged in by less than 3% of the sample. Seventeen per cent of men said they had ever paid for sex; 2% had done so in the past year. Conclusion: Most of the solo practices studied were engaged in by more men than women, but women were more likely to have used a sex toy. Autoerotic activities are both substitutes for partnered sex and additional sources of pleasure for people with sexual partners.
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Zubariev, Oleksandr. "Sadomasochism in everyday life." 48, no. 48 (June 30, 2022): 21–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.26565/2227-6521-2022-48-03.
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The article examines the phenomenon of sadomasochism in the context of everyday life. It is noted that the constructivist understanding of everyday life is based on the interpretation of social action proposed by M. Weber. Obviously, in Weber's typology, the highest type is the goal rational social action, which assumes a model of a rational person who is guided by rational motives and chooses the most optimal project of action to achieve the set goal. Whereas affective social action is on the margins of sociology's interest. Meanwhile, as Z. Freud demonstrates, the everyday is not some kind of sterile-rational reality, in the everyday the unconscious manifests itself in tricks, erroneous actions, descriptions, etc., which may well be based on unconscious sadomasochistic desires. The author turns to the history of the study of sadomasochism, considering the concepts of such authors as R. von Krafft-Ebing, Z. Freud, E. Fromm, Z. Lew-Starowicz, L. Eidelberg, H. Murray. The article examines the concepts of sadomasochism such modern author as Martin Kantor, who proceeds from the fact that sadomasochism cannot be reduced only to sexual sadomasochism or the practice of BDSM, in fact it is a much broader social phenomenon. According to M. Kantor, in a broad sense, sadomasochism manifests itself in power, control, dominance and submission, a dynamic that is pervasive in our lives, from home to work. We see such examples of sadomasochism as sadomasochistic mothers, children, and fathers in the family circle; sadomasochistic marriages and divorces; corporate sadomasochism; sadomasochistic companies; sadomasochistic workers; sadomasochistic writer's block іn the everyday life. In this perspective, the everyday appears before us as a reality where people act not to achieve rational goals, but because of the desire to dominate and submission.
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Schuerwegen, A., M. Morrens, E. Wuyts, W. Huys, K. Goethals, and I. De Zeeuw-Jans. "The psychology of kink: A survey study investigating stigma and psychological mechanisms in BDSM." European Psychiatry 65, S1 (2022): S804. http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/j.eurpsy.2022.2079.
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Introduction The past years BDSM (an acronym for bondage and discipline, dominance and submission, and sadism and masochism) has gained a significant amount of attention and popularity in the general population, portraying an inaccurate image of BDSM and the people who share these interests. Yet despite this increasing popularity, only little empirical research has focused on this subject and it’s possible driving mechanisms so far, sustaining the existing misconceptions and stigma towards BDSM in general and BDSM practitioners in specific. Objectives We aimed to gain more insights on understanding the underlying psychological mechanisms, such as sensation seeking and coping, in people who participate in BDSM-related activities, as well as into the factors which contribute to the existing stigma and discrimination Methods In a national survey study 256 Dutch-speaking BDSM-practitioners were compared to a matched sample of people from the general Belgian population (N = 300) who lack any interest in BDSM in two separate studies. Results About 86% of the general population maintained stigmatizing beliefs about these sexual interests and practices. In regard to sensation seeking and coping, compared to controls, BDSM practitioners reported signifcantly higher levels of sensation seeking for all dimensions, as well as the use of more active coping skills. Conclusions People who do not conform to the current social standards of our society often seem to remain the subject of stigmatization and discrimination. Further research is needed to explore the psychological processes that drive BDSM interests in order to destigmatize and normalize consensual BDSM-related activities. Disclosure No significant relationships.
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Cutler, Bert, Ellen Lee, Nadine Cutler, and Brad Sagarin. "Partner Selection, Power Dynamics, and Mutual Care Giving in Long-Term Self-Defined BDSM Couples." Journal of Positive Sexuality 6, no. 2 (2020): 86–114. http://dx.doi.org/10.51681/1.624.
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Historically, writers from within and outside the BDSM/Leather community have argued that long-term BDSM relationships are likely to fail due to the incompatibility between satisfying SM and romantic affection (Townsend, 1972) and the unlikelihood of finding a perfect match of fetishes and interests (Money, 1986). The present study tested these arguments using in-depth interviews with 33 individuals in 17 long-term BDSM relationships. Qualitative and quantitative methods were used to understand the dynamics of the relationships including the ways the partners met, formed their relationship, negotiated the scope of their power exchange, and navigated the challenges of an unconventional relationship style. Compatibility regarding dominance and submission appeared more important than compatibility regarding sadism and masochism or specific BDSM activities. Power exchange appears to serve purposes beyond sexual satisfaction, including facilitating partner bonding and providing a sense of security. Key relationship values that emerged across couples include a commitment to communication and transparency, a high level of trust, a focus on the partner’s happiness, and the co-construction of a reality that satisfies the needs of both partners. The use of rituals and protocol in difficult times returned the partners to a state of connection to each other, and this re-established bond helped the partners resolve the present upset. The use of deeper protocol when issues arise is contrary to prevailing community rhetoric that advises dropping out of role to solve issues. Thus, rituals give these individuals a different, possibly safer, way to interact so that conflict doesn’t damage their relationships. Results demonstrate that long-term BDSM relationships exist and can be highly functional.
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Llano-Suárez, Andrea, Alberto Lana, Ángel Gasch-Gallén, and Ana Fernández-Feito. "Gender roles and intimate partner violence among female university students in Spain: A cross-sectional study." PLOS ONE 16, no. 11 (2021): e0259839. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0259839.
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Background Traditional gender roles (GRs) have a considerable influence on relationships among couples. These can lead to negative health effects in women; however, their impact on intimate partner violence (IPV) has been less explored, especially among younger women. Objective To explore the association between traditional GRs and several indicators of IPV on a sample of Spanish female university students involved in heterosexual dating relationships. Methods A cross-sectional study involving female university students (n = 1,005) pursuing ten degrees (four Health Science degrees and six Social Sciences degrees). Data were collected using two validated scales: 1) the Questionnaire on the Gender Determinants of Contraception (COGANT), used to examine four traditional GRs (submissive, blind, and passive attitudes of female students, and male dominance), and 2) the Dating Violence Questionnaire-R (DVQ-R) scale, used to measure five types of IPV-behaviors (coercion, detachment, humiliation, sexual violence, and physical violence), perceived fear, entrapment, and abuse. Logistic and linear regressions were conducted to study the association between GR and a series of IPV indicators in dating relationships. Results Traditional GRs were highly prevalent (57.0% submissive, 52.0% blind attitude, 75.7% passive, and 31.7% identified their boyfriend as being dominant). Up to 66.3% experienced some type of violent behavior. All GRs were significantly associated with IPV indicators. A submissive attitude in female students was the GR that was most strongly associated to total IPV-behavior (adjusted odd ratio [OR] = 3.18; 95% confidence interval [CI]: 2.29–4.42), followed by male dominance (OR = 2.79: 95% CI:1.71: 4.54). Both GRs were also highly associated with perceived fear, entrapment, and abuse. Conclusions A high presence of traditional GRs was found in the relationships held by female university students, which was significantly associated with IPV indicators. Universities must adopt policies for gender equality and raise awareness on dating violence.
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Sakwa, Mediatrix M., and Oluoch Obura. "Femme Fatale Poetics in Elechi Amadi’s the Concubine and Ngugi wa Thiong’o’s Petals of Blood." East African Journal of Education Studies 5, no. 2 (2022): 435–41. http://dx.doi.org/10.37284/eajes.5.2.829.
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In this article, we focus on unravelling the femme fatale poetics in Elechi Amadi’s and Ngugi wa Thiong’o’s, The Concubine and Petals of Blood, respectively. It is premised on the knowledge that the femme fatale is a shifting personage in interpreting feminist politics beyond national borderlines and the social procedures that frame relational contradistinctions of gender and its convergence with sexuality. It is believed that the term femme fatale refers to an archetypal female personality whose wicked features compel her to either unknowingly be destructed or consciously seek retribution. In light of this, Jung additionally submits that a femme fatale is often depicted as a lady who is stunningly gorgeous, has a sexually enchanting voice, is a thought-provoking figure, and has multiple character traits. She is both attractive and intelligent, and she frequently articulates in a soft voice and dresses in unconventional and attractive ways to attract men’s admiration. In line with Jung’s submission, the central concern of this paper is to unravel how the femme fatale has become a source of anxiety in the male domain. This article reveals that the femme fatale quest for individual sexual equality is emphasized as the fundamental source of conflict between patriarchal and feminist conceptions. Therefore, this article concludes that in order to solve the puzzling conundrum paused by the femme fatale, a need for a gender-equal regime should be advocated among all the gender cadres. The principal assertions made in this study serve to highlight an adequate solution to the problem of essentialism by the post-modern and post-feminist view context concerning the modern femme fatale as a threat to male dominance. This work was carried out by the use of close textual analysis to gather sufficient data for the phenomena under investigation and description of the significant claims.
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Dr. Neetu Kumar. "Social and Sexual Exploitation of Women in Vijay Tendulkar’s Sakharam Binder." Creative Launcher 8, no. 5 (2023): 113–19. http://dx.doi.org/10.53032/tcl.2023.8.5.12.
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Vijay Tendulkar's dramatic piece, Sakharam Binder, stands out as a critical examination of the sociocultural paradigms that perpetuate the exploitation of women. This article delves into the multiple layers of oppression and discrimination faced by the female protagonists and situates the play within the broader context of postcolonial Indian society. Tendulkar, through his audacious characters and narratives, throws light on the deep-rooted patriarchal norms that dictate female subjugation. The central figure, Sakharam Binder, is both a product and propagator of these entrenched societal beliefs. As a man who provides shelter to destitute women in exchange for domestic and sexual services, Sakharam becomes the embodiment of male entitlement and dominance. The women in his life, including Laxmi and Champa, become representative of the countless women whose identities are stifled by a male-centric worldview. Laxmi, the submissive, and Champa, the defiant, are instrumental in demonstrating the spectrum of female experiences under the weight of patriarchal constructs. While Laxmi's meek surrender highlights the internalization of patriarchal values, Champa’s rebellion underscores the dire consequences women face when challenging the status quo. Tendulkar masterfully juxtaposes these characters to critique the ways in which society polices and punishes deviance from gendered expectations. The spatial dynamics within Sakharam's house serve as a potent metaphor for the wider societal space where women are confined, controlled, and commodified. The narrative underscores how economic dependency and cultural conditioning become tools of subjugation, forcing women into cycles of exploitation. Tendulkar’s sharp, unflinching portrayal of the social and sexual exploitation of women demands introspection and reform, making the play a significant contribution to postcolonial Indian literature and feminist discourse. The play provides the various themes and concerns related the middle-class psyche.
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Kryvytskyi, V. A. "Analysis of interpersonal interaction features in patients with chronic prostatitis with different status of marriage satisfaction." Медицина сьогодні і завтра 85, no. 4 (2019): 79–86. http://dx.doi.org/10.35339/msz.2019.85.04.11.
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The features of interpersonal interaction in patients with chronic prostatitis and their wives, to determine, in the future, the targets of medical and psychological care for this contingent were studied. 109 men with chronic prostatitis and their wives were examined. According to the criterion of presence / absence of marital satisfaction, the surveyed couples were divided into two groups. The first group included 73 (67.0 %) couples with low or reduced levels of marital satisfaction. The second included 36 (33.0 %) married couples who were satisfied with their own relationship. The comprehensive examination included, in addition to standard clinical methods, a clinical-psychological and psychodiagnostic study. By common disharmonious interpersonal patterns, which contributed to the development of marital dissatisfaction, which led to secondary trauma to spouses due to the formation of inadequate psychological response to chronic prostatitis in men and related sexual dysfunction, identified such deformations of family communication as reduction of trust, mutual understanding, ease and psychotherapy; prevalence of signs of distrustful-skeptical, straightforward-aggressive, dependent or submissive patterns of interpersonal behavior; dominance of aggression (32.9 %) or avoidance (67.1 %) as the leading strategies of psychological protection in communication. The obtained data should be taken into account when developing measures of medical and psychological assistance to married couples in which the husband has chronic prostatitis.
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Lalich, Janja. "Dominance and Submission." Women & Therapy 19, no. 4 (1996): 37–52. http://dx.doi.org/10.1300/j015v19n04_06.
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Luke, Kelly N., and David L. Bechler. "The role of dyadic interactions in the mixed-mating strategies of the mangrove rivulus Kryptolebias marmoratus." Current Zoology 56, no. 1 (2010): 6–17. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/czoolo/56.1.6.
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Abstract The mangrove rivulus Kryptolebias marmoratus a small cyprinodont fish native to tropical and subtropical waters from Florida to Brazil, is one of two known self-fertilizing, hermaphroditic vertebrates of which K. marmoratus displays androdioecy, a complex system of reproduction in which hermaphrodites and males are present. This study describes the behavioral repertoires observed during dyadic interactions in the laboratory. Kryptolebias marmoratus exhibited 23 distinctive acts or behaviors. Acts were divided into four categories: aggressive, submissive, neutral, and reproductive. Leading and following behaviors played important roles in the behavioral repertoires of these fish. In hermaphrodite-male dyads, males exclusively initiated the reproductive process and actively pursued hermaphrodites. When hermaphrodites were paired, there was no evidence that they behaved like other simultaneous hermaphrodites that alternate sexual roles (e.g. serranids). Hermaphrodites were extremely aggressive towards one another, and the aggressor established dominance rapidly. Male-male dyads were divided into two subdivisions based on the presence or absence of the caudal ocellus on one fish. A caudal ocellus on one male appeared to signal the possibility of a potential mating partner to males lacking it. Pairings of males without an ocellus were similar to hermaphrodite-hermaphrodite dyads in that both members of the pair were aggressive towards one another. These observations may be indicative of interactions taking place in natural communities or assemblages of fish in which both males and hermaphrodites occur and provide evidence on the role of dyadic interactions in the mixed-mating strategies.
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Kumar, Dr Satish. "MALE SEXUALITY AND MANHOOD: A STUDY OF SHASHI DESHPANDE’S ROOTS AND SHADOWS AND THE BINDING VINE." International Journal of Language, Linguistics, Literature and Culture 02, no. 01 (2023): 26–31. http://dx.doi.org/10.59009/ijlllc.2023.0014.
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There are many myths prevalent in our societies that portray men in different ways. Men too tend to believe in myths about themselves. Like other myths, the myth of male aggression and sexuality also shapes male perceptions and attitudes. In the area of sex, one notices, many of the men tend to be highly aggressive in order to assert their superiority and dominance over their women. At times, their aggression takes a violent form which they use as a means to control and coerce the opposite sex. This happens, particularly, in the case of those who feel insecure and lose their sense of confidence and prestige in their own eyes as men when they happen to fail in the economic and social areas. The idea that man by nature is sexually active and aggressive turns them insensitive to the individuality of women. They tend to see the willful expression of their virility and treatment of women as mere sexual objects for their own gratification as something legitimate. This paper is an attempt to study the concepts of male sexuality and manhood in Shashi Deshpande’s novels, namely, Roots and Shadows and The Binding Vine. Some of Deshpande’s men appear to be indifferent to the needs and desires of their wives and thus try to exercise complete control over their sexuality. They feel shocked at woman’s expression of passion as they expect women to be passionless and submissive.
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Weille, Katharine-Lee H. "The Psychodynamics of Consensual Sadomasochistic and Dominant-Submissive Sexual Games." Studies in Gender and Sexuality 3, no. 2 (2002): 131–60. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15240650309349194.
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Mendible, Myra. "Dominance and Submission in Postmodern War Imagery." Peace Review 17, no. 1 (2005): 55–63. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14631370500292110.
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Trisko, Rebecca K., and Barbara B. Smuts. "Dominance relationships in a group of domestic dogs (Canis lupus familiaris)." Behaviour 152, no. 5 (2015): 677–704. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1568539x-00003249.
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We investigated the extent to which dominance relationships, as described for feral dogs and wolves, applied to a group of 24 neutered companion dogs at a dog daycare facility. Similar to other studies of dogs and wolves, we found significant linear dominance hierarchies based on highly unidirectional displays of submission and aggression. Submission was the most frequent, unidirectional and linear type of agonistic behaviour and, therefore, a better indicator of status than aggression or dominance displays. Aggression was low intensity, consisting mainly of ritualized threats with no physical contact, and conflicts involving physical contact were never injurious. Older dogs out-ranked younger dogs, but size was unrelated to dominance rank. Dominance relationships were more often expressed in same-sex dyads than between males and females. The coverage of dominance relationships in the daycare group was low compared to that reported for sexually intact dogs and wolves, which was probably a result of reduced competition due to neutering and other human influences. In many dyads dogs never exchanged agonistic behaviours, but bi-directional relationships were rare, and most dogs formed some dominance relationships with other dogs. Except for their low coverage, muzzle licks met the criteria for a formal display of submission. Our results suggest that dominance remains a robust component of domestic dog behaviour even when humans significantly reduce the potential for resource competition. The possible proximate benefits of dominance relationships for dogs are discussed.
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Townsend, John Marshall. "Dominance, sexual activity, and sexual emotions." Behavioral and Brain Sciences 21, no. 3 (1998): 386. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0140525x98501227.
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Men's interest in sex partners' status traits and commitment (investment thoughts) declines with number of sex partners and permissiveness of attitudes; women's investment thoughts do not seem to decline. Testosterone, dominance, sexual attractiveness, and number of sex partners are correlated in men but not in women. It is plausible that these sex differences are part of sexually dimorphic feedback systems. This type of feedback is consistent with both reciprocal and basal models of testosterone.
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Townsend, John Marshall. "Extraversion, sexual experience, and sexual emotions." Behavioral and Brain Sciences 22, no. 3 (1999): 537. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0140525x99422046.
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Sex differences in motivation and emotional reactions to casual sex suggest that the links to extraversion, constraint, impulsivity-sensation seeking, and sexual behavior differ for men and women. Because both testosterone and dominance, and dominance and number of sex partners appear to correlate in men but not in women, it is plausible that testosterone is involved in the creation and maintenance of these sex differences in linkage among the behavioral subsystems involved in sexuality and extraversion.
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McCartney, Sandra A., and Stuart J. McKelvie. "Dominance-Submission in Students and Their Partners as a Function of Parental Dominance." Psychological Reports 57, no. 3_suppl (1985): 1327–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.2466/pr0.1985.57.3f.1327.
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In Study 1, scores on the dominance-submission scale of The Personality Inventory were obtained from 60 students equally divided among four groups of males and females who reported that their fathers or mothers were the more dominant parents. Males from father-dominant families scored higher than their female peers and than males from mother-dominant families, whose scores were equivalent to their female peers'. These results were replicated precisely with a similar sample ( n = 60) in Study 2, which also obtained data from each subject's steady partner. With the exception of males from father-dominated families, who scored higher than their mates, dominance levels for the members of each pair were similar. However, the majority of the partners in three of the four conditions reported that they came from father-dominated homes, the exception being the female mates of males from mother-dominated backgrounds, who reported the two parental relationships in equal numbers. Together, these results ate interpreted as supporting a model in which dominance in student couples is a joint function of social norms (which imply higher dominance scores for males) and the parental power structure in their immediate families. However, dominance scores for females from father-dominated homes were higher than predicted by this model, a finding which may reflect the contemporary emphasis on females' equality.
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Dickins, T. E., and M. J. T. Sergeant. "Social dominance and sexual orientation." Journal of Evolutionary Psychology 6, no. 1 (2008): 57–71. http://dx.doi.org/10.1556/jep.2008.1003.
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Baumlin, James S., and Richard C. Trexler. "Gender Rhetorics: Postures of Dominance and Submission in History." Sixteenth Century Journal 26, no. 3 (1995): 727. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/2543191.
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Maestripieri, Dario. "Gestural communication in three species of macaques (Macaca mulatta,M. nemestrina,M. arctoides): Use of signals in relation to dominance and social context." Gesture 5, no. 1-2 (2005): 57–73. http://dx.doi.org/10.1075/gest.5.1-2.06mae.
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The present study compared the frequency and contextual usage of the most prominent gestural signals of dominance, submission, affiliation, and bonding in rhesus, pigtail, and stumptail macaques living in captivity. Most similarities among species were found in signals of dominance and submission and most differences in affiliative gestures and bonding patterns. Rhesus macaques have a relatively poor gestural repertoire, pigtail macaques possess conspicuous signals of affiliation and bonding, and stumptail macaques have the richest repertoire of assertive and submissive signals. The similarities and differences in the gestural repertoires of rhesus, pigtail, and stumptail macaques can be related to the intragroup social dynamics of these species as well as to their evolutionary history.
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Maestripieri, Dario. "Gestural communication in three species of macaques (Macaca mulatta, M. nemestrina, M. arctoides)." Gestural Communication in Nonhuman and Human Primates 5, no. 1-2 (2005): 57–73. http://dx.doi.org/10.1075/gest.5.1.06mae.
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The present study compared the frequency and contextual usage of the most prominent gestural signals of dominance, submission, affiliation, and bonding in rhesus, pigtail, and stumptail macaques living in captivity. Most similarities among species were found in signals of dominance and submission and most differences in affiliative gestures and bonding patterns. Rhesus macaques have a relatively poor gestural repertoire, pigtail macaques possess conspicuous signals of affiliation and bonding, and stumptail macaques have the richest repertoire of assertive and submissive signals. The similarities and differences in the gestural repertoires of rhesus, pigtail, and stumptail macaques can be related to the intragroup social dynamics of these species as well as to their evolutionary history.
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Isorna, Manuel, Coromoto Souto, Antonio Rial, and Antonio Alías. "Drug-Facilitated Sexual Assault and Chemical Submission." Psychology, Society, & Education 9, no. 2 (2017): 263. http://dx.doi.org/10.25115/psye.v9i2.701.
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Foster, Travis M. "White Supremacist Submission." TSQ 10, no. 3-4 (2023): 426–48. http://dx.doi.org/10.1215/23289252-10900942.
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Abstract Scholars tend to envision the sexual politics of settler colonialism and slavery through masculinist conceptions in which penetration designates mastery and receptiveness subjugation. This article asks instead how white desires for sexual submission to nonwhite men operate within white supremacy. It augments white trans and queer studies' conceptualizations of bottoming with theories of white submission found in Black thought, particularly Frantz Fanon and James Baldwin. And it argues that both sets of ideas find themselves anticipated in the mid-nineteenth-century writings of the white, gender-variant author Theodore Winthrop—particularly their most popular novel, Cecil Dreeme (1861). For Winthrop, bottoming desires occasion two modes of self-expression. First, they facilitate transfeminine embodiment, staging an experience of womanliness predicated on the racist contrast between their own white body and that of nonwhite men they see as exceptionally virile. Second, they allow Winthrop to imagine ways of being other than the self-possession and corporeal autonomy of white subjectivity. In both instances, Winthrop's fantasies rely on the plasticity of the white body under the influence of nonwhite men, even as they underscore the biopolitical unidirectionality of plasticity, tracing patterns in which Black, brown, and Indigenous men exert influence on whites while remaining fundamentally incapable of transformation. This history of racialized access to malleability provides a cautionary tale about the incorporative nature of whiteness and how contemporary politics of self-determination might unwittingly replicate white supremacist logics.
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Renaud, Cheryl A., and Sandra E. Byers. "Positive and Negative Cognitions of Sexual Submission: Relationship to Sexual Violence." Archives of Sexual Behavior 35, no. 4 (2006): 483–90. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10508-006-9046-2.
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Trisko, Rebecca K., Aaron A. Sandel, and Barbara Smuts. "Affiliation, dominance and friendship among companion dogs." Behaviour 153, no. 6-7 (2016): 693–725. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1568539x-00003352.
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Dog social behaviour has been well studied, but little is known about affiliative relationships between dogs. We report a yearlong study of dominance and affiliation in 24 dogs at a dog daycare facility and provide additional details on dog relationships through long-term observations of pairs of dogs who lived together in the same household or met frequently for years. Companion dogs formed highly differentiated relationships with one another. At daycare, some dyads affiliated and displayed one-way submission (formal dominance), others affiliated without a dominance relationship (egalitarian), and the majority of dyads did not affiliate at all (agonistic or non-interactive). The dogs in household environments showed formal and egalitarian relationships, and two dyads exchanged two-way agonism without submission (unresolved). Sex influenced the types of relationships dogs formed, with mixed sex dyads more likely to affiliate and less likely to exhibit dominance than same-sex pairs. Dominance influenced the nature of affiliation in relationships; egalitarian dyads were more likely to play and showed more equitable gentle affiliation. Gentle affiliation was reciprocal in the group as a whole, but it was highly skewed in many dyads, especially those with dominance relationships. Gentle affiliation was usually, but not always, directed up the hierarchy. Certain dyads affiliated at much higher rates than others, indicating that the dogs formed friendships. Most friends were mixed sex and/or egalitarian pairs, but friendships occurred in all of the sex class/dominance combinations. Long-term observations demonstrated how dyadic relationships can change over time. Such highly differentiated relationships suggest significant social complexity in dogs.
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Burgoon, Judee K., and Norah E. Dunbar. "An interactionist perspective on dominance‐submission: Interpersonal dominance as a dynamic, situationally contingent social skill." Communication Monographs 67, no. 1 (2000): 96–121. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03637750009376497.
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Somit, Albert, and Steven A. Peterson. "Darwinism, Dominance, and Democracy: a Reaffirmation." Politics and the Life Sciences 20, no. 2 (2001): 227–30. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0730938400005505.
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So that the reader can better adjudge possible disagreements, we would like to begin by stating, at the very outset, the thesis argued in our book, Darwinism, Dominance, and Democracy (Somit and Peterson, 1997). As Peter Corning correctly reports in his commentary (2000), we contend that “the most important reason for the rarity of democracy is that evolution has endowed our species, as it has other primates, with a predisposition for hierarchically structured social and political systems” (1997: 1). In short, we argue that Homo sapiens has a “genetic bias” toward authoritarian political societies characterized by hierarchy, dominance, and submission.
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Hawley, Patricia H., and William A. Hensley. "Social Dominance and Forceful Submission Fantasies: Feminine Pathology or Power?" Journal of Sex Research 46, no. 6 (2009): 568–85. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00224490902878985.
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Díaz-Berciano, Cristina, Francisco de Vicente, and Elisa Fontecha. "Modulating effects in learned helplessness of dyadic dominance-submission relations." Aggressive Behavior 34, no. 3 (2008): 273–81. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ab.20212.
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Wright, Paul J., Chyng Sun, Nicola J. Steffen, and Robert S. Tokunaga. "Pornography, Alcohol, and Male Sexual Dominance." Communication Monographs 82, no. 2 (2014): 252–70. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03637751.2014.981558.
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Chen, Chung-An, and Chih-Wei Hsieh. "Confucian Values in Public Organizations: Distinctive Effects of two Interpersonal Norms on Work Attitudes and Public Service Motivation." Chinese Public Administration Review 8, no. 2 (2017): 104. http://dx.doi.org/10.22140/cpar.v8i2.131.
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Much effort has been invested in the research of work-related values in public organizations but little attention is paid to the importance of personal values. We delve into this underexplored domain through the lens of Confucianism and focus on two Confucian values: (i) submission to authority and (ii) male dominance. We expect that submission to authority is a positive predictor of work morale because it is consistent with the command hierarchy and formal control in bureaucracies. In contrast, male dominance should be a negative predictor as it contradicts equality of opportunity in public organizations. This is significant as personnel practices in public organizations are deemed a role model for business organizations. Statistical findings based on data collected in Taiwan support both hypotheses. We conclude that public personnel practices, especially the hiring process, can benefit from our findings.
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Pinchevsky, Gillian M. "Criminal Justice Considerations for Unsubmitted and Untested Sexual Assault Kits: A Review of the Literature and Suggestions for Moving Forward." Criminal Justice Policy Review 29, no. 9 (2016): 925–45. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0887403416662899.
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One of the latest reforms to the criminal justice response to sexual assault involves changes to the submission and testing of sexual assault kits. Across the United States, thousands of kits have either not been submitted to a laboratory or tested by a laboratory, prompting criticisms that victims of sexual assault have not received justice for the crimes perpetrated against them. Jurisdictions across the country have reevaluated their responses to sexual assault, including their investigations and submission and testing of sexual assault kits. It is critical that future efforts respect the recommendations of jurisdictions that have spearheaded earlier reforms and are guided by victim-centered and trauma-informed principles. This article reviews recent research that has been conducted on changes in processing sexual assault kits, provides examples of different approaches to address unsubmitted and untested kits, and suggests ideas for future research and practice to consider as this area moves forward.
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Passini, Stefano. "Exploring the Multidimensional Facets of Authoritarianism: Authoritarian Aggression and Social Dominance Orientation." Swiss Journal of Psychology 67, no. 1 (2008): 51–60. http://dx.doi.org/10.1024/1421-0185.67.1.51.
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The relation between authoritarianism and social dominance orientation was analyzed, with authoritarianism measured using a three-dimensional scale. The implicit multidimensional structure (authoritarian submission, conventionalism, authoritarian aggression) of Altemeyer’s (1981, 1988) conceptualization of authoritarianism is inconsistent with its one-dimensional methodological operationalization. The dimensionality of authoritarianism was investigated using confirmatory factor analysis in a sample of 713 university students. As hypothesized, the three-factor model fit the data significantly better than the one-factor model. Regression analyses revealed that only authoritarian aggression was related to social dominance orientation. That is, only intolerance of deviance was related to high social dominance, whereas submissiveness was not.
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Robinson, Michael D., Darya L. Zabelina, Scott Ode, and Sara K. Moeller. "The vertical nature of dominance-submission: Individual differences in vertical attention." Journal of Research in Personality 42, no. 4 (2008): 933–48. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jrp.2007.12.002.
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Kroes, R. A., J. Panksepp, J. Burgdorf, N. J. Otto, and J. R. Moskal. "Modeling depression: social dominance–submission gene expression patterns in rat neocortex." Neuroscience 137, no. 1 (2006): 37–49. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroscience.2005.08.076.
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Yang, Shu-Ling, and Chun-Ming Shih. "Implicit and Explicit Attitudes Toward Bondage, Discipline, Dominance, Submission & Sadomasochism." Journal of Sexual Medicine 14, no. 5 (2017): e280. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jsxm.2017.04.350.
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Farabollini. "Behavioral and endocrine aspects of dominance and submission in male rabbits." Aggressive Behavior 13, no. 5 (1987): 247–58. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/1098-2337(1987)13:5<247::aid-ab2480130502>3.0.co;2-g.
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Kurup, R. K., and P. A. Kurup. "Hypothalmic Digoxin, Cerebral Dominance, and Sexual Orientation." Archives of Andrology 48, no. 5 (2002): 359–67. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01485010290099228.
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Valentine, Julie L., L. Kathleen Sekula, Lawrence J. Cook, Rebecca Campbell, Alison Colbert, and Victor W. Weedn. "Justice Denied: Low Submission Rates of Sexual Assault Kits and the Predicting Variables." Journal of Interpersonal Violence 34, no. 17 (2016): 3547–73. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0886260516681881.
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Following sexual assaults, victims are advised to seek health care services with forensic evidence collected and packaged in sexual assault kits (SAKs). This large ( N = 1,874), retrospective study examined rates of SAK submissions by law enforcement to the state crime laboratory for analysis from 2010 to 2013 at four sites in a Western state in the United States with established sexual assault nurse examiner (SANE) programs. Variables of legal and extralegal characteristics in sexual assault cases were explored through generalized estimating equations (GEE) modeling to determine what factors statistically predicted SAK submissions. For submitted SAKs, the length of time between the dates of assault and dates of submission was categorized, and bivariate and multivariate analyses were calculated to discover legal and extralegal characteristics affecting time of submission. The study sites represented 40% of the state’s law enforcement agencies and 65% of the state’s population. Out of the 1,874 SAKs in the study, only 38.2% were submitted by law enforcement to the state crime laboratory for analysis. When SAK submissions were examined based on time between assaults and submission dates, 22.8% were submitted within a year of the assault and 15.4% were submitted more than a year after the assault following media and community pressure for law enforcement agencies to submit SAKs in storage. Significant variability of SAK submission rates and the time submitted from the assault dates were found between the sites. Site location was found to be the main determinant of whether or not SAKs were submitted. The lack of SAK submissions for analysis results in justice denied for victims and raises public safety concerns. The finding that the location in which the sexual assault occurred was the primary factor on SAK submissions represents an inequity of justice.